Vocabulary Form
παρά
Definition

gen: from;
dat: with; (BBG has “beside, in the presence of”)
acc: alongside of

Frequency
194
GK
4123
Cognates

A paragraph (paravgrafoV) was originally a line in the margin beside the writing that marked a division.

Mnemonics

Joy comes from the Paraclete.

I want to be in the presence of the Paraclete.

The Paraclete comes alongside of us.

Mnemonic Singing

Angels from the realms of glory,
wing your flight o'er all the earth.

Biblical Concordance

Acts 9:43 And he stayed a number of days in Joppa with (para | παρά | prep-dat) a certain Simon, a tanner.
Acts 10:6 He is lodging with (para | παρά | prep-dat) a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by (para | παρά | prep-acc) the sea.”
Acts 10:22 And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright man and one who fears God, who is well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from (para | παρά | prep-gen) you.”
Acts 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter. He is staying in the house of Simon, a tanner, by (para | παρά | prep-acc) the sea.’
Acts 16:13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to (para | παρά | prep-acc) the riverside, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there.
Acts 17:9 And when they had taken bail from (para | παρά | prep-gen) Jason and the others, they let them go.
Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
Acts 18:13 saying, “This man is persuading men to worship God in a way contrary (para | παρά | prep-acc) to (para | παρά | prep-acc) the law.”
Acts 20:24 But I make my life of no account as of any value to me, that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.
Acts 21:7 And having completed the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed one day with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) them.
Acts 21:8 On the next day we departed and went to Caesarea. There we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) him.
Acts 21:16 And some of the disciples from Caesarea came with us, bringing Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) whom we should lodge.
Acts 22:3 “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at (para | παρά | prep-acc) the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
Acts 22:5 as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) them I received letters to the brothers, and I went toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 24:8 When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) him about all these things of which we are accusing him.”
Acts 26:8 Why is it thought incredible among (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) you that God raises the dead?
Acts 26:10 And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the saints, after receiving authority from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the chief priests, and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Acts 28:14 where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.
Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear from (para | παρά | prep-gen) you what you think, for with regard to this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
Romans 1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather (para | παρά | prep-acc) than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions. Their women exchanged the natural sexual function for one that is unnatural (para | παρά | prep-acc),
Romans 2:11 there is no favoritism with (para | παρά | prep-dat) God:
Romans 2:13 for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before (para | παρά | prep-dat) God, but the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
Romans 4:18 Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become the father of many nations according to what had been spoken, “So will your descendants be.”
Romans 9:14 What then shall we say? Is there not injustice on God’s part (para | παρά | prep-dat)? By no means!